AAF teams

Alliance of American Football – Ready or Not is HERE!

Here comes SPRING football! Ready or not, we have the first of two springs football leagues about to begin. The first league is the Alliance of American Football (AAF) league starting play this February, a week after the National Football League’s Super Bowl LIII game. The second league is the reboot of the 2001 XFL league, starting in 2020 (more on this league later). The co-founders’ Charlie Ebersol and Bill Polian objectives is to create a league to attract football talent from among the wealth of high level players who have fail to be on a NFL team.

San Diego Fleet Team History

The San Diego Fleet is a professional American football team based in San Diego, California and are charter members of the Alliance of American Football. The Fleet were the 6th of 8 teams announced for the new league, which is set to play in February 2019.

The team colors will be unique to professional sports — battleship gray, yellow and silver gray. They were chosen to represent the anthracite grey of the U.S. Navy’s Pacific fleet, the battleship gray of the ships, and “sun yellow of San Diego’s endless sunshine,” according to Fitz Ollison, the Alliance of American Football’s vice president – football communications.

Established2019

CitySan Diego

League History2019 – Present / Alliance of American Football

Team History2019 – Present / San Diego Fleet

NicknameFleet – Fleet pays homage to San Diego’s naval community and players will wear yellow, representative of the city’s sunny weather, and the gray of Navy ships.

ChampionshipAAF Championships 0

Stadium2019 – Present / SDCCU Stadium

Owner2019 – Present / Alliance of American Football

Coach2019 – Present / Mike Martz

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*Blue is this team’s history

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Arizona Hotshots Team History

The Arizona Hotshots are a professional American football team based in Phoenix, Arizona and is the 5th team to join the upcoming Alliance of American Football. The Hotshots were the 5th of 8 teams announced for the new league, which is set to play in February 2019.

Established2019

CityPhoenix

League History2019 – Present / Alliance of American Football

Team History2019 – Present / Arizona Hotshots

NicknameHotshots – “The Arizona Hotshots pay tribute to the elite, highly-trained teams of firefighters organized by the United States Forest Service and other federal, state and county agencies that bravely battle the most serious wildland fires around the country,” the AAF said in a press release Tuesday. “The Hotshots will have a profound appreciation for fearlessness, skill and honor and will selflessly play together as a team each week.

ChampionshipAAF Championships 0

Stadium2019 – Present / Sun Devil Stadium

Owner2019 – Present / Alliance of American Football

Coach2019 – Present / Rick Neuheisel

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*Blue is this team’s history

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San Antonio Commanders Team History

The San Antonio Commanders are a professional American football team based in San Antonio, Texas and are charter members of the Alliance of American Football. The Commanders were the 8th of 8 teams announced for the new league, which is set to play in February 2019.

Established2019

CitySan Antonio

League History2019 – Present / Alliance of American Football

Team History2019 – Present / San Antonio Commanders

NicknameCommanders – which has had more than three centuries of military presence with one of the nation’s largest active and retired military populations, the nickname honors those who serve. Team colors feature maroon, which is used in the official city logo; silver, in reference to dress military swords carried by officers; and the familiar red of the Texas state flag. The logo includes a depiction of the Alamo.

ChampionshipAAF Championships 0

Stadium2019 – Present / Alamodome

Owner2019 – Present / Alliance of American Football

Coach2019 – Present / Mike Riley

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*Blue is this team’s history

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Salt Lake Stallions Team History

The Salt Lake Stallions are a professional American football team based in Salt Lake City and are charter members of the Alliance of American Football. The Legends were the 4th of 8 teams announced for the new league, which is set to play in February 2019.

Established2019

CitySalt Lake City

League History2019 – Present / Alliance of American Football

Team History2019 – Present / Salt Lake Stallions

NicknameStallions – “The name Stallions honors the spirit of the region and the rumbling presence of horsepower, inspired by Utah’s famed Bonneville Salt Flats, where world land speed records have have been set and broken for decades,” Salt Lake coach Dennis Erickson said in a team statement.

San Antonio Commanders

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Orlando Apollos Team History

The Orlando Apollos are a professional American football team based in Orlando, Florida and are charter members of the Alliance of American Football. The Apollos were the 1st of 8 teams announced for the new league, which is set to play in February 2019.

Established2019

CityOrlando

League History2019 – Present / Alliance of American Football

Team History2019 – Present / Orlando Apollos

NicknameApollos – The sun doesn’t set on football in early February anymore. Inspired by Apollo, the Greek god of sun, The sunshine state’s new professional football franchise is a glowing testament to the power, imagery and energy made possible by the sun.

ChampionshipAAF Championships 0

Stadium2019 – Present / Spectrum Stadium

Owner2019 – Present / Alliance of American Football

Coach2019 – Present / Steve Spurrier

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*Blue is this team’s history

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Atlanta Legends Team History

The Atlanta Legends are a professional American football team based in Atlanta, Georgia and are charter members of the Alliance of American Football. The Legends were the 2nd of 8 teams announced for the new league, which is set to play in February 2019.

Established2019

CityAtlanta

League History2019 – Present / Alliance of American Football

Team History2019 – Present / Atlanta Legends

NicknameLegends – Players come and go, legends live forever. Atlanta is a city of legends, those who are heroic, larger-than-life, celebrated and storied on and off the field. From Hank Aaron and Chipper Jones to our very own Michael Vick, the greats come to Atlanta to be immortalized. Some of the biggest legends of the civil rights movement have called Atlanta home. Centennial Park stands as a monument to the achievements of Olympic legends. Atlanta houses legendary establishments such as the historic Fox Theatre. This is where legends are made.